Whether a federal defender may be granted an extension of time to file a petition for writ of certiorari based on counsel's workload and complexity of case preparation

No question identified. : September 23rd, 2025. See S.Ct. R. 13.5. The jurisdiction of this Court will be invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1). Mr. Pittman asks this Court to extend the deadline because the issues in this case are complex, involving both detailed historical analysis and voluminous Circuit case law that reveals a number of potentially relevant Circuit splits. It will therefore require more time of counsel to prepare a well-researched and polished petition worthy of this Court’s time. As well, the undersigned counsel is responsible for a majority of the direct appeals and post-conviction proceedings for the Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia, Inc., with several briefing deadlines between now and the current certiorari deadline. These further demands on counsel’s time may prevent counsel from preparing a competent and concise petition. Wherefore, since the time within which to file a petition for writ of certiorari in this case will expire on September 23rd, 2025, 2025, unless extended, Mr. Pittman requests that an order be entered extending his time to file a petition for writ of certiorari by sixty days, to and including Tuesday, November 18th, 2025. Respectfully submitted this 9th day of September, 2025. 0» D, — JONATHAN R. DODSON Assistant Federal Defender Fl. Bar No. 50177 *Counsel of Record Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia, Inc. 440 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Suite 400 Macon, Georgia 31201 Tel: (478) 743-4747 Fax: (478) 207-3419 E-mail: